1 cultivated field Hosea 12:12, also Hosea 10:4 (si vera lectio, but see Now), yielding food Deuteronomy 32:13; Lamentations 4:9; ׳שֹׁמְרֵי שׂ Jeremiah 4:17 keepers, watchmen of a field.

2 home of wild beasts: ׳בְּהֵמוֺת שׂ Psalm 8:8; Joel 2:22, ׳חַיְתוֺ שׂ Isaiah 56:9; Psalm 104:11, ׳זִזִ שׂ Psalm 50:11; Psalm 80:14.

3 plain, opposite mountain, Jeremiah 18:14; (but dubious, Co Du שִׂרְיֹן).

4 land, opposed to sea, Psalm 96:12 (compare שָׂדֶה

3; "" תֵּבֵל Psalm 98:7).

שָׂדֶה₃₁₈ noun masculine^{Leviticus 27:24} id. (ordinary contracted form Ges^{§ 84 a f}); — absolute ׳שׂ Genesis 2:5 (twice in verse) +; construct שְׂדֵה Genesis 14:7 +; suffix שָׂדִי Jeremiah 32:7,8, שָֽׂדְךָ Deuteronomy 11:15 +, שָׂדֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 24:19; Leviticus 25:3, etc.; plural שָׂדוֺת 1 Samuel 22:7 +, construct שְׂדוֺת Nehemiah 12:29; also שְׂדֵי 2 Samuel 1:21; Isaiah 32:12; Ruth 1:1 8t. (some might be singular = שְׂדֵה compare Ba^{ZMG xlii (1888), 351} SS Buhl; note, e.g. שְׂדֵי Ruth 1:6a, = שְׂדֵה v^b Ruth 4:3; but see Kö^{ii. 1, 77}); suffix שְׂדֹתֶיהָ Nehemiah 11:30, etc.; also שָׂדֶיךָ 1 Kings 2:26, שָׂדֵינוּ Micah 2:4; —

1 open field, country:

a. pasture-land Genesis 29:2; Genesis 30:16; Exodus 9:3 (all J), Deuteronomy 11:15; 1 Samuel 11:5 10t. J, JE.

b. unfrequented Genesis 24:63,65, exposed to violence Genesis 4:8 (J), 2 Samuel 14:6; Deuteronomy 21:1; Deuteronomy 22:25,27, to wild beasts Exodus 22:30 (E), Ezekiel 33:27.

c. specifically home of beasts: 2 Samuel 17:8; Jeremiah 14:5; especially phrase ׳חַיַּת הַשּׂ Genesis 2:19,20; Genesis 3:1,14 (all J) of beasts in General, and, of wild beasts, Exodus 23:11,29 (E), Hosea 2:14; Hosea 2:20; Hosea 4:3; Hosea 13:8; Deuteronomy 7:22; Leviticus 26:22 (H), Job 5:23 ("" חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ), + 16 t.; ׳בֶּהֱמַת הַשּׂ 1 Samuel 17:44 compare Joel 1:20; ׳אַיְלוֺת הַשּׂ Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5, compare ׳הַצְּבָיִם אֲשֶׁר בַּשּׂ 2 Samuel 2:18; hunting-ground Genesis 25:29; Genesis 27:3,5 (all J E), compare ׳אִישׁ שׂ Genesis 25:27 (J E; "" אִישׁ יֹדֵעַ צַיִד).

d. yielding plants and trees: Genesis 25:27 (JE), Genesis 30:14 (J), Exodus 10:5 (JE), 2 Kings 4:39; Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 39:10; especially phrase ׳עֵשֶׂב הַשּׂ Genesis 2:5; Genesis 3:18 (both J), + 6 t. + ׳בַּשּׂ ׳ע Zechariah 10:1; ׳שִׂיח הַשּׂ Genesis 2:5, ׳גֶּפֶן שׂ 2 Kings 4:39, ׳מַּקֻּעֹת שׂ V:39, ׳צִיץ הַשּׂ Isaiah 40:15; Psalm 103:15, ׳צֶמַח הַשּׂ Ezekiel 16:7; ׳עֵץ הַשּׂ (4 t. עֲצֵי) Exodus 9:25 (JE), Deuteronomy 20:19; Leviticus 26:4 (H) Isaiah 55:12 8t.; 2 Samuel 1:21 see תְּרוּמָה, √ רום.

e. stony, ׳אַבְנֵי הַשּׂ Job 5:23.

f. open country, outside of walled city Judges 9:32,42,43,44; Judges 19:16; 1 Samuel 19:3; 1 Samuel 20:5,11 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 20:24,35; 2 Kings 7:12; Micah 4:10; as battle-ground Joshua 8:24 (J), 2 Samuel 10:8 = 1 Chronicles 19:9; 2 Samuel 11:23; 2 Samuel 18:6, outside of military camp 1 Samuel 4:2; 1 Samuel 14:15; opposed to city (in formula) 1 Kings 14:11; 1 Kings 16:4; 1 Kings 21:24; Jeremiah 14:18; Ezekiel 7:15; שְׂדֵה אֶרֶץ Leviticus 25:31; as site of small town, country#NAME? 1 Samuel 27:5 (opposed to royal city), compare 1 Chronicles 27:25; of high places, ׳גְּבָעוֺת בַּשּׂ Jeremiah 13:27; quite General, 1 Samuel 30:11; Jeremiah 40:7,13; including road Judges 20:31; 1 Kings 11:29; Jeremiah 6:25; distinguished from road Numbers 22:23 (JE), 2 Samuel 20:12; outside houses and courtyards Exodus 8:9 (P), 1 Samuel 25:15; ׳בַּשּׂ nearly = outdoors Exodus 1:14 (P), Judges 13:9; of surface of country or ground, ׳בַּשּׂ Exodus 16:25 (J E; = עַלמְּֿנֵי הַמִּדְבָּר V:14), compare 1 Samuel 14:25; so ׳(אֶל) לְַמְּֿנֵי הַשּׂ 2 Kings 9:37; Jeremiah 9:22; Ezekiel 29:5 ("" הַמִּדְבָּ֫רָה), Ezekiel 32:4; Ezekiel 39:5; same phrase opposed to house, comfort, etc., 2 Samuel 11:11; Ezekiel 16:5, opposed to city Leviticus 14:7,53, opposed to tent Numbers 19:16 (all P), opposed to tent of meeting Leviticus 17:5 (H).

g. = expanse of country, opposed to mountain, in phrase ׳מְרוֺמֵי שׂ Judges 5:18; ׳הֲרָרִי בַּשּׂ Jeremiah 17:3 (of Jerusalem) is dubious; compare ׳לְעִי הַשּׂ Micah 1:6 (Jeremiah 18:14 see שָׂדַי).

2 definite portion of ground, field, land:

a. cultivated ground Genesis 37:7 (E), Genesis 47:24 (J; זֶרַע הַשָּׂדֶה), Exodus 22:4 (3 t. in verse); Exodus 22:5 (E), Leviticus 27:16,17 (P), Micah 3:12 (in simile) Ruth 2:2 47t., + שְׂדֵי תְרוּמוֺת 2 Samuel 1:21, זָֿ֑רַע׳שׂ Ezekiel 17:5, שָׂדֶה טוֺב V:8 good soil.

b. as private property, Micah 5:2; Micah 5:4; Isaiah 5:8 (twice in verse); Genesis 47:20 (J), Genesis 23:9,11,13 (P) + 50 t., + 2 Chronicles 26:23 (as burial-place); also ׳חֶלְקַת (הַ)שּׂ, see חֶלְקָה; and צֹפִים ׳שׂ, see צפה.

c. city-land, adjacent to city (town) and subject to its control: Genesis 41:48 (E), Leviticus 25:34 (P), Joshua 21:12 (P) = 1 Chronicles 6:41; Nehemiah 11:25,30; Nehemiah 12:29,44; specifically of Zoan Psalm 78:12; Psalm 78:43.

d. territory of nation, tribe: Genesis 32:4; Numbers 21:20 (both J E), Judges 5:4; Ruth 1:1,2; Genesis 14:7 13t. + ׳שְׂדֵה נִחֲלַת יִשׂ Judges 20:6.

e. territory of king, 2 Samuel 9:7; 2 Samuel 13:30.

3 land, opposed to sea, 1 Chronicles 16:32 (opposed to הַיָּם; = שָׂדַי Psalm 96:12), perhaps also mainland Ezekiel 26:6,8 (Co Krae Toy and others; not Sm).

שִׂדִּים see שׂדד. שְׂדֵרָה see סדר above,